ENVI-met

What ENVI-met does

ENVI-met GmbH is a privately-held German software company founded in 2014 that develops high-resolution 3D microclimate simulation software for urban climate analysis and climate-adaptive urban planning. The product is used by urban planners, architects, landscape architects, researchers, and environmental consultants to model interactions between buildings, vegetation, water features, air quality, wind patterns, and outdoor thermal comfort in city environments. The simulation engine integrates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for wind and turbulence with modules covering solar radiation and shadow, pollutant dispersion, building façade physics, vegetation evapotranspiration, and bioclimatological indices (PET, SET*, UTCI).

The platform is modular: the core ENVI-met simulation engine is complemented by post-processing tools (Leonardo for data visualization, BIO-met for human thermal comfort calculation) and by open-source plugins that embed the product inside dominant AEC and geospatial tools — QGIS for geospatial data import, Envimet INX for SketchUp, and Morpho for Grasshopper/Rhino with Ladybug Tools compatibility. ENVI-met also outputs façade microclimate data for use in EnergyPlus building energy models, indicating interoperability with the building performance simulation stack. An upcoming module, TreePass (announced for the 2024 release, with delivery referenced as 2026), extends the platform into urban tree-survivability and biomechanical risk analysis.

The company operates a direct enterprise sales motion, with "Request a Demo" as the primary engagement mechanism on its website, supported by a content library of case studies, a community forum and wiki, and academic-research-driven credibility. Revenue is generated through annual software licensing (subscription/recurring) and professional consultation services; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company lists approximately 23 partner/customer organizations on its site — a mix of urban planning consultancies, engineering firms, universities, and one metropolitan-region government entity — and reports activity in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, and France, with research applications cited in Egypt and China. With 11-50 employees and no disclosed external funding, ENVI-met appears to be a founder/management-owned, self-sustaining small enterprise.

Name

ENVI-met

Legal name

ENVI-met GmbH

Website

https://envi-met.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ENVI-met GmbH develops high-resolution 3D microclimate simulation software used by urban planners, architects, landscape architects, and researchers to model solar radiation, wind, thermal comfort, pollutant dispersion, and vegetation. The privately-held German firm operates through direct enterprise sales and annual licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: ENVI-met generates revenue through software licensing. One Click LCA General Service Terms apply to all ENVI-met licenses. The company offers demo requests for personalized demonstrations.
2. Professional Services and Consultation: Expert consultation services for implementing climate adaptation strategies in projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ENVI-met provides high-resolution 3D holistic microclimate simulation software for urban climate analysis and climate-adaptive urban planning. The platform models solar radiation, wind flow, pollutant dispersion, vegetation, outdoor thermal comfort, building façade physics, and humidity for entire urban environments, and is sold primarily via subscription licenses with optional consulting and open-source plugins for QGIS, SketchUp, and Grasshopper/Rhino.

Product overview

ENVI-met is a holistic 3D modeling software platform for urban microclimate simulation with a focus on urban cooling and climate adaptive urban planning. The core ENVI-met software provides comprehensive simulation capabilities for solar radiation, wind flow, pollutant dispersion, vegetation dynamics, thermal comfort, and building physics. The platform operates through a modular architecture with the core simulation engine supported by specialized post-processing tools including Leonardo for data visualization and BIO-met for human thermal comfort analysis. Additional capabilities are extended through open-source plugins including QGIS to ENVI-met for geospatial data integration, Envimet INX for Sketchup modeling, and Morpho for Grasshopper/Rhino parametric workflows. Upcoming modules include TreePass for urban tree sustainability analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Envimet INX: Open source plugin for Sketchup to create ENVI-met 2.5D models
• Morpho
• QGIS to ENVI-met

Products and services

• ENVI-met High-resolution 3D holistic microclimate simulation software for urban cooling and climate-adaptive urban planning. Simulates solar radiation, wind flow, pollutant dispersion, vegetation, thermal comfort, building physics, and humidity for entire urban environments, sold as a subscription license to urban planners, architects, landscape architects, researchers, and city officials.
• QGIS to ENVI-met Plugin Plugin that imports vector and raster data, satellite imagery, terrain models, shapefiles, GeoJSON, and GeoTIFFs from QGIS into ENVI-met to build accurate urban environment models for microclimate simulation. Available to GIS and urban planning users via the official QGIS plugin repository.
• Envimet INX for SketchUp Open-source plugin for SketchUp that enables creation of ENVI-met 2.5D models with layer-based organization, geometry manipulation (scale/move/rotate), and multi-grid calibration. Targeted at architects and designers who model in SketchUp.
• Morpho for Grasshopper Open-source .NET-based plugin for Grasshopper/Rhino that enables parametric modeling and simulation workflows with ENVI-met, including building-geometry generation, custom visualization, and integration with Ladybug Tools. Targeted at parametric designers and advanced architectural workflows.
• Leonardo Post-processing data visualizer for ENVI-met simulation outputs, used to analyze mean radiant temperature and other microclimate results from simulations.
• BIO-met Post-processing tool that calculates human thermal comfort indices such as PMV (Predicted Mean Vote) and PET (Physiological Equivalent Temperature) by summarizing air temperature, radiative temperature, wind speed, and humidity from ENVI-met simulations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Universal Thermal Climate Index reduction of up to 14.7°C through optimized hybrid scenarios of vegetation, shading, and cool pavement
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• One Click LCAcoreTechnology or IntegrationOne Click LCA provides the general service terms framework for ENVI-met licenses. ENVI-met appears to be part of the One Click LCA ecosystem, with shared branding and infrastructure.
• QGIScoreTechnology or IntegrationQGIS to ENVI-met plugin integrates geospatial data from QGIS into ENVI-met simulations. Supports vector, raster data, satellite imagery, terrain models, shapefiles, GeoJSON, GeoTIFFs.
• SketchUpcoreTechnology or IntegrationEnvimet INX is an open source plugin for Sketchup to create ENVI-met 2.5D models. Available on Sketchup Extension Warehouse.
• Grasshopper/RhinocoreTechnology or IntegrationMorpho is an open-source project building .NET-based plugins for ENVI-met with Grasshopper/Rhino components for parametric modeling and simulation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ladybug Tools: Open-source environmental analysis plugins for Grasshopper/Rhino that compute solar, thermal comfort, and wind metrics. Directly comparable to ENVI-met as an urban microclimate simulation tool frequently used by the same architect/planner segments; ENVI-met's Morpho plugin even interoperates with Ladybug.
• Solene Microclimate: Specialized microclimate simulation software focused on urban form, radiation, and pedestrian comfort, also a French-origin tool. Closely comparable in scope (urban microclimate, thermal comfort) and target users (urban planners, architects) and competes head-to-head with ENVI-met in research and consulting projects.
• Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES): Established building performance simulation suite covering thermal, energy, daylighting, and microclimate analysis. Comparable as an enterprise simulation platform for architects and engineers working on climate-responsive design, with deeper energy modeling and broader customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Forma: Cloud-based AEC design and environmental analysis platform from Autodesk (formerly Spacemaker). A broad-incumbent overlap with ENVI-met on early-stage urban and microclimate analysis, integrated inside the Autodesk ecosystem alongside Revit and Insight.
• ANSYS: Leading multiphysics simulation suite (Fluent, CFX) used for CFD, thermal, and pollutant dispersion analysis including urban environments. A broad-incumbent comparable to ENVI-met at the simulation-engine level, with substantially larger scale and enterprise reach.
• Dassault Systèmes (3DEXPERIENCE / SIMULIA): Design and simulation platform encompassing SIMULIA multiphysics tools that compete in CFD and thermal analysis. A broad incumbent that overlaps with ENVI-met on simulation IP but addresses a far wider range of industries.

Emerging players

• SimScale: Cloud-native CAE and CFD platform that includes airflow, thermal comfort, and urban wind simulations. Comparable to ENVI-met on simulation capability while broader in multiphysics scope, targeting architects and engineers via a SaaS delivery model.

Others

• transsolar: Climate engineering consultancy specializing in microclimate, thermal comfort, and sustainable urban design and a known ENVI-met customer. Adjacent ecosystem participant that uses ENVI-met within consulting engagements targeting the same urban-planning buyers.
• Robert McNeel & Associates (Rhino/Grasshopper): Developer of Rhino and Grasshopper, the parametric modeling platform on which ENVI-met's Morpho plugin runs. A platform/ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor, but strategically central to ENVI-met's distribution and workflow integration.
• EnergyPlus (DOE/LBNL): Open-source whole-building energy simulation engine from the U.S. DOE that consumes ENVI-met's facade microclimate data as inputs. Not a direct competitor; rather an adjacent/ecosystem tool that complements ENVI-met in the building performance workflow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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